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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The epigraph at the start of Part One is from which text?
(a) Crime and Punishment.
(b) A General Theory of Human Violence.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) Anna Karenina.

2. Andy tells Duffy that who will make a fool of Duffy in court if Duffy does not run a clean and thorough investigation?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Neal.
(c) Andy.
(d) Lynn.

3. What is NOT a characteristic named by Andy when he tells the reader why he had liked Neal upon their first meeting?
(a) Neal had snaggled teeth.
(b) Neal was funny.
(c) Neal was odd.
(d) Neal had an unpronounceable last name.

4. Who discovers Ben's dead body?
(a) Officer Duffy.
(b) Andy.
(c) The school principal.
(d) A jogger.

5. In addition to a Newton detective, who interviews Patz at the police station?
(a) Schultz.
(b) Andy.
(c) Duffy.
(d) Laurie.

6. What does Dan tell Andy when they encounter one another ten days after Ben's murder?
(a) That he thinks Patz may have murdered Ben.
(b) That he wants a different DA for Ben's murder case.
(c) That he thinks Andy is doing a great job on Ben's murder case.
(d) That he wants to interview a few of Ben's classmates himself.

7. Laurie's college notebook had symbolized what fact to Andy at the time?
(a) That Andy was smarter than Laurie.
(b) That Laurie was unknowable.
(c) That Laurie was smarter than Andy.
(d) That Laurie was a genius.

8. What object does Andy go to retrieve from an upstairs bedroom in Ben's family's house?
(a) His coat.
(b) His briefcase.
(c) Ben's hairbrush.
(d) Ben's journal.

9. What does Andy name as the trick to being a successful prosecutor?
(a) Creating a mental map of the crime scene.
(b) Keeping the suffering at a distance.
(c) Consoling the parents of dead children.
(d) Having a good memory.

10. How old is Ben at the time of his murder?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

11. What had been the nature of the relationship between Neal and Andy before Ben Rifkin's murder?
(a) Neal had been Andy's brother-in-law.
(b) Andy had been Neal's mentor.
(c) Neal and Andy had been rivals for the same position.
(d) Neal had been Andy's mentor.

12. Andy states that "A good marriage drags a long tail of" what "behind it" (25)?
(a) Memory.
(b) Nostalgia.
(c) History.
(d) Resentment.

13. Andy states that all lawyers feel the same way about the court system. How does he say lawyers feel about the court system?
(a) Lawyers do not think the court system is good at sorting out evil people from good people.
(b) Lawyers think the court system is particularly good at finding the truth.
(c) Lawyers do not think the court system is particularly good at finding the truth.
(d) Lawyers believe that the court system in America is the best one in the world.

14. How old had Neal been when he joined the District Attorney's office?
(a) 21.
(b) 34.
(c) 29.
(d) 23.

15. What is NOT listed as a reason that Jacob hardly ever uses the telephone?
(a) He considers phone calls awkward.
(b) He considers phone calls archaic.
(c) He considers phone calls inefficient.
(d) He considers phone calls too intimate.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Andy say he feels about men of his father's generation?

2. Andy says that though he does not yet know the identity of Ben's murderer, he feels a certain way about him already. How does Andy feel about Ben's murderer?

3. What word is Jacob repeating in his sleep when Andy comes to check on him?

4. The Middlesex County Courthouse where Andy works is filled with what material?

5. Who accompanies Jacob to school the day it reopens after Ben's murder?

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